Chapter 404

Within a quarter of an hour, An Jing and Huo Qing saw Nian Quan. Under the dim light in front of the Spirit Vein closed-door training room, the youth, who had already reached the Qi Refining stage, wore a dark robe bordered with gold-and-red cloud patterns. He wore a sword at his waist, but his right hand—the hand normally used to wield the sword—was wrapped in layers of bandages inscribed with talismanic runes. From his fair, tender arm, a cyan-black baleful aura resembling creeping roots spread outward, turning his soft skin as stiff as withered tree bark.